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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXVI - XXXI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Slade develop a reputation for being a fearless fighter?
(a) By taking on the army.
(b) By taking on the Pony Express.
(c) By taking on the union.
(d) By taking on the Indians.

2. What is the result of the first fight between Slade and Jules?
(a) They are both wounded.
(b) Slade is wounded.
(c) Jules is wonded.
(d) Neither is wounded.

3. How much will the narrator's brother be paid for his new job?
(a) Eighteen hundred dollars per month.
(b) Eighteen hundred dollars per year.
(c) Eight hundred dollars per month.
(d) Eight hundred dollars per year.

4. What is the weather like when the narrator and his crew arrive in Unionville?
(a) It is snowing.
(b) It is sunny.
(c) It is cloudy, but warm.
(d) It is raining.

5. What eventually happens to Jules?
(a) He disappears and is never heard from again.
(b) He is killed by Slade.
(c) He is killed by Indians.
(d) He is run over by a stagecoach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's goal in Roughing It?

2. What do the glittering rocks that the narrator originally collects turn out to be?

3. What kind of weapon does the narrator carry?

4. How much property does it reportedly take to accumulate a fortune in mining?

5. When do the narrator and his friends begin their trip to mine for silver?

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